'Regulate' definitions:
Definition of 'regulate'
(from WordNet)
verb
Fix or adjust the time, amount, degree, or rate of; "regulate the temperature"; "modulate the pitch" [syn: regulate, modulate]
verb
Bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations; "We cannot regulate the way people dress"; "This town likes to regulate" [syn: regulate, regularize, regularise, order, govern] [ant: deregulate]
verb
Shape or influence; give direction to; "experience often determines ability"; "mold public opinion" [syn: determine, shape, mold, influence, regulate]
verb
Check the emission of (sound) [syn: baffle, regulate]
Definition of 'Regulate'
From: GCIDE
- Regulate \Reg"u*late\ (-l[=a]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Regulated (-l[=a]`t[e^]d); p. pr. & vb. n. Regulating.] [L. regulatus, p. p. of regulare, fr. regula. See Regular.]
- 1. To adjust by rule, method, or established mode; to direct by rule or restriction; to subject to governing principles or laws. [1913 Webster]
- The laws which regulate the successions of the seasons. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
- The herdsmen near the frontier adjudicated their own disputes, and regulated their own police. --Bancroft. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To put in good order; as, to regulate the disordered state of a nation or its finances. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To adjust, or maintain, with respect to a desired rate, degree, or condition; as, to regulate the temperature of a room, the pressure of steam, the speed of a machine, etc. [1913 Webster]
- To regulate a watch or To regulate a clock, to adjust its rate of running so that it will keep approximately standard time. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: To adjust; dispose; methodize; arrange; direct; order; rule; govern. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'regulate'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abate,
- accommodate,
- accord,
- adapt,
- adjust,
- adjust to,
- administer,
- administrate,
- alter,
- arrange,
- array,
- assimilate,
- assimilate to,
- assuage,
- attune,
- authorize,
- balance,
- be master,
- be responsible for,
- box in,
- call the shots,
- call the signals,
- captain,
- carry on,
- chair,
- chart,
- circumscribe,
- codify,
- command,
- condition,
- conduct,
- constitute,
- control,
- cool off,
- coordinate,
- cut to,
- damp,
- decide,
- declare lawful,
- decree,
- deploy,
- determine,
- diminish,
- direct,
- discipline,
- dispose,
- enact,
- engineer,
- equalize,
- equilibrize,
- establish,
- even,
- fit,
- fix,
- flatten,
- form,
- formulate,
- gear to,
- govern,
- grade,
- guide,
- handle,
- harmonize,
- head,
- head up,
- hedge,
- hedge about,
- hierarchize,
- homogenize,
- homologate,
- homologize,
- key to,
- lay out,
- lead,
- lead on,
- leaven,
- legalize,
- legislate,
- legitimate,
- legitimatize,
- legitimize,
- level,
- limit,
- line up,
- maintain,
- make a regulation,
- make legal,
- make plumb,
- make the rules,
- make uniform,
- manage,
- maneuver,
- manipulate,
- marshal,
- mastermind,
- measure,
- methodize,
- mitigate,
- moderate,
- modify,
- modulate,
- monitor,
- narrow,
- normalize,
- officer,
- operate,
- ordain,
- order,
- organize,
- oversee,
- pacify,
- palliate,
- plan,
- prescribe,
- preside over,
- proportion,
- pull the strings,
- put in force,
- put in tune,
- qualify,
- quarterback,
- quiet,
- rank,
- rationalize,
- reconcile,
- rectify,
- reduce,
- regularize,
- regulate by,
- restrain,
- restrict,
- right,
- routinize,
- rule,
- run,
- sanction,
- season,
- set,
- set conditions,
- set limits,
- set right,
- set up,
- settle,
- similarize,
- skipper,
- smooth,
- soften,
- stabilize,
- stand over,
- standardize,
- steer,
- stereotype,
- structure,
- superintend,
- supervise,
- symmetrize,
- sync,
- synchronize,
- systematize,
- tailor,
- take command,
- take the lead,
- temper,
- tranquilize,
- trim to,
- true,
- true up,
- tune,
- tune up,
- uniformize,
- validate,
- wear the pants,
- wield authority
Words containing 'Regulate'
- Regulable,
- Regulated,
- Regulating,
- Regulation,
- Regulative,
- Regulator,
- Regulize,
- Feed regulator,
- Regulation sword,
- Sumptuary regulations,
- To regulate a clock,
- To regulate a watch,
- growth regulator,
- regulation time,
- regulator gene,
- voltage regulator,
- Self-regulated,
- Self-regulative,
- self-regulating,
- well-regulated,
- cystic fibrosis transport regulator